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" ... the trees. Having lived near a month in this manner, they arrived at their full growth, and threw off their wormlike state, by casting their skins. "
Surveys of nature; historical, moral and entertaining - Page 286
by Francis Fitzgerald - 1787
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Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects and Reptiles: Embellished with ...

Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1793 - 418 pages
...jufthatched came to glean after them, gnawing of? the young branches, and the very bark of thtf ?rees. Having lived near a month in this manner, they arrived...at their full growth, and threw off their worm-like frate, by cafting their fkins. To prepare themfelves for this change, they fixed their hinder feet...
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The General Genteel Preceptor

Francis Fitzgerald - 1797 - 556 pages
...hatched came gleaning after them, gnawmg off the young branches, and the very bark of the trees. Havmg lived near a month in this manner, they arrived at...thre^w off their worm-like ftate, by cafting their fkins. To prepare for this change, they fixed their hinder feet to fome bufh or twig, or corner of...
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 3

William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...other. A <lay or two after one of these was in motion, others, that were jusj hatched, came to glean after them, gnawing off the young branches, and the...at their full growth, and threw off their worm-like state by casting their skins. To prepare themselves for this change they fixed their hinder parts to...
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Amphibious animals

William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...each other. A day or two after one of these was in motion, others that were just hatched came to glean after them, gnawing off the young branches, and the...manner, they arrived at their full growth, and threw offthcir larva state by casting their skins. To prepare themselves for this change they fixed their...
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An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales, Volume 1

George Barrington - 1810 - 512 pages
...day or two after one of these columns was in motion, others, that were just hatched, came to glean after them, gnawing off the young branches, and the...at their full growth, and threw off their worm-like state by casting their skins. To prepare themselves for this change, they fixed their hinder parts...
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 6

Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 414 pages
...other. A day or two after one of these was in motion ; others, that were just hatched, came to glean after them, gnawing off the young branches and the...at their full growth, and threw off their worm-like state, by casting their skins. To prepare^them•elves for this change, they fixed their hinder feef...
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An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History ..., Volume 2

William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 552 pages
...after one of these hordes was in motion, others were already hatched to march and glean after-them. Having lived near a month in this manner they arrived at their full growth, and threw off their ni/mpha-state by casting their outward skin. To prepare themselves for this change, they clung by their...
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Insects, pt. 1-4. History of the zoophytes. Index

Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 440 pages
...other. A day or two after one of these was in motion, others, that were just hatched, came to glean after them, gnawing off the young branches and the...at their full growth, and threw off their wormlike state, by casting their skins. To prepare themselves for this change, they fixed their hinder feet...
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 3

Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 518 pages
...other. A day or two after one of these was in motion, others, that were just hatched, came to glean after them, gnawing off' the young branches and the very bark of the trees. Having lived near a mpnth in this manner, they arrived at their full growth, and threw off their worm-like state, by casting...
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 5

Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 422 pages
...that were just hatched, came to glean after them, gnawing off the young branches and the very hark of the trees. Having lived near a month in this manner,...at their full growth, and threw off their worm-like state, by casting their skins. To prepare themselves for this change, they fixed their hinder feet...
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